# Accident 20170518006779A: Piper PA-34-220T, Tunkhannock, PA, May 18, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2017, 10:00 local time
- Place: Tunkhannock, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5275° N, 75.9458° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5275&lon=-75.9458&mi=10
- Aircraft: N34JM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-34-220T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,185 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA293) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170518006779A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT WAS MAKING HIS APPROACH TO LAND AT THE TUNKHANNOCK AIRPORT (76N) PA. RUNWAY 19. PILOT WAS ON FINAL APPROACH WHEN HE BECAME SLOW AND STALLED THE AIRCRAFT ABOVE THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED IN THE AIR IMPACTING THE RUNWAY COLLAPSING THE FRONT NOSE GEAR AND DAMAGING BOTH ENGINES AND FUSELAGE, THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 19.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA17CA293](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA293), May 18, 2017: Piper PA 34 (N34JM), Tunkhannock, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during landing in crosswind conditions, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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